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We stopped the car at the top of the brow, reluctant to follow the winding road down into the magical valley which lay below us. It was three o’clock on a frozen winter afternoon, but an afternoon with such power … Continue reading →

I sit on a bench beside the harbour and the show begins: Sparkling ripples criss-cross the water in the sunlit afternoon. Light and shadow draw their patterns across decks and quays. Glimpses of the depths alternate with surface reflections, as … Continue reading →

It was May 2000, and the sun shed a benediction on the Vale of Lorton, where a hundred glorious shades of green glowed in the pastures and trees; and the blossom, lying like snow on every hedgerow, filled the air … Continue reading →